LFP: "In terms of organization, the League is still in the Fourth Republic" (V. Labrune, president)

"The need is to keep French football alive with the times. In terms of organization, the LFP is still in the Fourth Republic (period from 1946 to 1958). The status quo is impossible," said Vincent Labrune, president of the French Professional Football League, to L'Équipe on 10/10/2020.

"But I am not Don Quixote. When at the highest level of the State, at the presidency of the FFF, I am told that the commercial company (project of the League), as defined in recent months, has no chance of succeeding very quickly, I'm not going to fight against the windmills," he added.

"What intermediate solution can be found in the short term to advance our football? With the 'families' (representatives of the players, coaches, referees, administrative staff and doctors) and the FFF, we will find it. One of the paths is to make this commercial company a subsidiary of the LFP. Subject to general approval," explained the man who succeeded Nathalie Boy de la Tour as president of the LFP on 10/09/2020.

"It is a great responsibility that I take with humility, but also with passion and determination. I…